If you love that cockpit feel (ooh missus!) and you loved your Scirocco, there’s only one real answer (unless you need back seats). A used Porsche Cayman (ideally an S)! It will be a step up in driving […]

DIY?

Just about all of the Bee Gees’ disco stuff. Most of Michael Jackson’s oeuvre (except for the slow ones). Oh, and most of the Skids’ output…

Wayne Kramer and Merrill Osmond. I win! And if not, my bid for the cineaste leg is Lars von Trier, Jane Campion and Kirsten Dunst.

A pun on Pap smear, I think. His real name is the far more punk, err George Ruthenberg.

I hadn’t! Thanks very much. I saw them again in 1979 (the tour with Squeeze). Totally stripped down and in the atmosphere-free Brighton Centre, it was quite an anti-climax after Hammersmith.

The Tubes: “What do you want from live?” Hammersmith Odeon 1977. Definitely.

I’ve tried a few, and always come back to Maker’s Mark. In fact my real name is on one of their barrels! I’ve yet to go and check. Woodford Reserve, Knob Creek (fnarr), Bulleit (sp?) and Wild Turkey are all very […]

The Subway looks horrible, but it’s cheap, efficient and air-conditioned. Cabs are cramped regardless of whether they are Chevrolets or Priuses (the dividers cut into the space between driver and passengers) and […]

Well Vincent did ask! And chicks dig pugs, annoyingly.

No thanks. He always seems like a Music for Pleasure / Pickwick facsimile
of Elton John with a touch of Springsteen. Unfortunate resemblance to a pug doesn’t help.

I always felt Jeff and Cheryl Tweedy should have worked just a little harder on their matchmadeinheaven…

I have a greatest hits compilation and some singles from his heyday. In retrospect there was just a handful of great songs, and that non-voice and speaking / singing style grows tiresome very quickly. The […]

Great review! I shall investigate the new album. I loved the first couple and saw Little Steven etc. at Hammersmith Odeon (as was) in the late 80s. It was very loud and very long, so much so that even then I had […]

…ally horrible? Unbearable? Excruciating?

So, best in nearly 30 years?! I’d agree with that, even if it’s a shock. I love Nearly Human but TR’s alarming lack of quality control makes me highly wary of any new material.

I gave Bobby a lift from London to Glasgow many years ago (so not public transport). Very nice guy. He could have had my turnip, if we’d encountered any. Not a fan, although I’m not averse to a parsnip.

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That explains it. It was November. They did seem rather subdued.

Is Eurostar public transport? Business Class was always a good place to spot pop and other stars. From memory I recall seeing Marianne Faithfull, Jerry Hall, Valentino (fashion designer), Philippe Starck and – […]